Bonggu Beer (봉구비어) is a pretty popular chain of beer bars (pubs) through out Seoul known for its cheap beer, freshly made French fries, and homemade cheese sticks.

After going to Bonggu Beer for many a visit with friends, I realized I had never blogged about it because it's so commonplace (kind of like McDonald's or Applebee's).

So, I decided to introduce you to it today because I thought that maybe you wanted to visit a place that normal Koreans go to when they want to grab a quick drink with friends without eating a full on meal.

This wasn't the best visit to blog about because my friend and I had eaten dinner before going, so we didn't really want to order any of their signature items (as you can see later, we ended up ordering the cheapest anju on the menu).

As with most drinking establishments in Korea, you do have to buy a food item for your table in order to buy beer. We went with the most Korean of bar food items...maybe ever - crispy fried filefish.

We both also went with the Cream Draft Beer ( 크림생맥주) because, again, it was the cheapest option and we didn't necessarily want the flavored beers (which are delicious, too...I'll write the flavors in the menu translation part of this post, so scroll down).

This particular location was pretty big and it was oddly empty on the day we visited. There are about 50 stools throughout.

Ok, so there's no English on this menu at all and minimal pictures, so I'll do panel by panel translations, so I hope it's clear.
*Indicates the "heart" recommended items

Middle Panel: Everything is made with fresh domestic potatoes and 100% canola oil (I believe most locations make everything in house, but they may have changed since I first went to Bonggu Beer)
Beer list:
Cream Draft Beer line:
3.0 *Cream Draft Beer (cream has one free refill)
4.0 Flavored beers: Dutch beer, *honey grapefruit flavor, honey cherry flavor, honey lime flavor, honey sweet tea flavor, *honey grape flavor, and honey pomegranate flavor
(Anecdotally, my friends who cannot drink well, but wanted to have an experience in a Korean bar have been able to drink a fair amount of this beer before they became hit with the Asian flush and have mentioned that they cannot taste the alcohol very much)